"Is it really appropriate to contemplate within the tomb?"
Bai Lu hesitated slightly before slowly saying, "The assassin from earlier... has not yet been found."
Bai Zesheng shook his head lightly and said indifferently, "We have so many people here, why should we fear a mere assassin?"
"Since we’ve taken hold of this Flame Dream, and there are no rules from the Security Committee limiting us, why must we contemplate here? Who would dare to snatch things from the Bai Family’s hands?"
Bai Lu looked towards Bai Xiu and said seriously, "This place has a terrible environment. If we try to contemplate here, it might lead to some unexpected issues."
"Young girl, you’re still too young," the Second Elder said indifferently. "You must understand that Zhou Wei is right outside the tomb... Initially, during the meeting, Gu Lushen’s proposal was that the Flame Dream is available for anyone who ventures into the tomb. Repairing the tomb requires the power of the five great families, so the Security Committee did not raise any objections. However, after the tomb’s situation stabilizes, what if the committee insists on taking back these Flame Dreams? Since we have taken this opportunity, it’s best to contemplate it as soon as possible. Let’s find a quiet place to protect Little Xiuzi. Once he refines this Flame Dream, the major task for this journey into the tomb will be successfully completed."
Bai Lu could not refute this.
She could only remain silent and then cast her gaze towards Bai Xiu.
After all that’s said and done, it still depends on Bai Xiu’s choice.
The wind and snow fell on the white clothes, making them appear even whiter.
Bai Xiu slowly turned his head, giving Bai Lu an apologetic look.
Bai Lu immediately understood.
She sighed softly in her heart and said nothing more.
Bai Xiu looked towards Bai Zesheng and softly said, "If that’s the case, I will trouble the Second Elder to find a suitable place to protect me."
Bai Zesheng replied with relief, "That would be very good."
He then took a step forward.
The gray hemp robe of the Bai’s Ancestral Hall billowed in the wind and snow.
Bai Zesheng walked at the forefront of the group, taking out a compass-shaped seal object. In the current Great Cold Disaster Realm, spiritual power was severely blocked, and the objects that could contact the outside world were completely ineffective... This seal object, however, seemed peculiar as if it could guide the way.
They walked and stopped intermittently.
The group arrived in front of a Snow Mountain Cave.
Bai Zesheng noticed Bai Xiu’s gaze.
He held up the compass and smilingly said, "It’s not any rare treasure... It’s just an ordinary seal object that can explore the natural environment of the nearby area. This cave has less wind. Once inside, it would be a quiet secluded place. How about we meditate and contemplate here, Little Xiuzi?"
"Okay," Bai Xiu nodded.
Bai Zesheng immediately entered the cave, he flung his sleeve, and the compass was tossed out, hanging in mid-air, igniting a faint firelight that illuminated the way forward.
Transcendents from the Bai Family all entered the cave.
Even with the light from the compass, the Snow Mountain Cave remained quite dim. However, just as Bai Zesheng said, once inside the cave, the sound of the wind and snow from outside diminished a lot, and the chill began to recede.
Bai Xiu found a clean spot without saying much. He took the Flame Dream in his hand, sat down cross-legged, and started the Spring Breathing.
He was indeed a naturally gifted talent.
As soon as the breathing technique began, anomalies appeared immediately; a snowy Spiritual Radiance emerged above his head, with the faint sound of thunder rumbling.
The moist rocks inside the cave, within mere seconds, were dried by the fierce Thunder Breath.
Bai Xiu slowly pressed the Flame Dream onto his forehead.
The strand of Green Bright Flame immediately melted away the ice and snow.
Last year, the scene with Gong Zi contemplating the Flame Dream... seemed to reappear before everyone’s eyes.
The Transcendents of the Bai Family held their breath, waiting for the imminent Divine Miracle.
Bai Xiu’s contemplation could not possibly fail!
Whether it was spiritual power, real strength, or talent... he was a level stronger than Gong Zi.
Millions in Changye were eagerly anticipating this moment.
The inside of the cave was extremely quiet.
Only the Green Bright Flame and the Thunder Light faintly mingling on Bai Xiu’s forehead were visible... No one knew what scenes he was seeing inside the Flame Dream, nor what Dream he was immersed in.
The only indicator of the contemplator’s state was the burning pattern of the flame.
The Green Bright Fire burned fiercely.
Almost ten times as fast as when Gong Zi contemplated, or even more!
This small flame seemed to burn on Bai Xiu’s forehead like a crown of hair... Just as everyone was full of joy, holding their breath and waiting, a gust of wind and snow suddenly arrived outside the cave.
The light from the compass instantly extinguished.
The cave plunged into silence.
As the wind and snow surged in, the light vanished.
After that, there were no screams, no shouts, no sounds at all, as if the place was devoid of people...
Indeed, there were no people inside the cave.
To be precise, all those who could make the aforementioned sounds had vanished.
They had evaporated into thin air.
They disappeared in an instant.
This dark cave was left with only two people.
One sat in the wind and snow, meditating with his eyes closed,
his forehead burning vigorously with the "Green Radiant Fire Light."
The other stood outside the wind and snow, holding the compass as if it were a lantern, his silhouette stretched very long in the distant snow.
Bai Zesheng stood silently at the entrance also the exit of the snow cave, silently watching this scene.
All the Transcendents who were to witness Bai Xiu’s contemplation of the Flame Dream with him had disappeared.